Come close, listen to the story

True Love - Phil Wickham (With Matt Chandler and CJ Mahaney)

True Love - Phil Wickham Live

True Love - Phil Wickham

Come close

Listen to the story

About a love more faithful than the morning

The Father gave His only Son just to save us

The earth was shaking in the dark

All creation felt the Father's broken heart

Tears were filling heavens eyes

The day that true love died, the day that true love died

When blood and water hit the ground

Walls we couldn't move came crashing down

We were free and made alive

The day that true love died, The day that true love died

Search your heart

You know you can't deny it

C'mon lose your life just so you can find it

The Father gave His only Son just to save us

Jesus is alive

He rose again

Where the Spirit blows, we follow

I heard Peter Tsukahira of Mount Carmel speak in my church 

on Sunday and felt blessed. Went up for altar call. 

He said a few things which spoke to my heart: 

"It is so important for us not to hang on to 

the things of the past but to lay hold of 

the new things that God has for us. God is moving on 

and we need to be prepared to move on with Him."

On a popcorn bag

Food, yes; Christian, even more so

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Whose dreams are you living?

The Language of God - Francis Collins

Recommended read. Collins is a geneticist and longtime leader of the Human Genome Project. He believes in evolution and in God. Here are some excerpts:

*  The Moral Law - the concept of right and wrong that appears to be universal. But is this sense of right and wrong an intrinsic quality of being human or just a consequence of cultural traditions? Is the Moral Law simply a consequence of evolutionary pressures? What would evolutionists make of the force we feel from the Moral Law - the altruistic impulse, the voice of conscience calling us to help others even if nothing is received in return.

 * Current post-modernist philosophy argues that there are no absolute rights or wrongs and that all ethical decisions are relative.... But this view faces a series of logical Catch-22s. If there is no absolute truth, can post-modernism itself be true? If there is no right or wrong, then there is no reason to argue for the discipline of ethics in the first place.

*  Isn't the idea of God just humans' wish fulfillment? If it is, it does not accord with the character of God of the major religions. For example, such wish fulfillment would likely give rise to a very different kind of God than the one described in the Bible. If we are looking for benevolent coddling and indulgence, that's not what we find there. 

* What about all the harm done in the name of religion? Yes. But two issues need to be considered. First a lot of good has been done in the name of religion. Second, the church is made up of fallen people. The pure clean water of spiritual truth is placed in rusty containers, and the subsequent failings of the church should not be projected onto the faith itself, as if the water had been the problem.

* Why would a loving God allow suffering in this world? No easy answers, although a significant portion of our suffering and that of our fellow human beings is brought about by what we do to one another. But C.S.Lewis has this to say: "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world."

You carried me, my Lord

Carried to the table - Leeland


Wounded and forsaken
I was shattered by the fall
Broken and forgotten
Feeling lost and all alone
Summoned by the King
Into the Master's courts
Lifted by the Savior
And cradled in His arms

I was carried to the table
Seated where I don't belong
Carried to the table
Swept away by His love
And I don't see my brokenness anymore
When I'm seated at the table of the Lord
I'm carried to the table
The table of the Lord

Fighting thoughts of fear
And wondering why He called my name
Am I good enough to share this cup
This world has left me lame
Even in my weakness
The Savior called my name
In His Holy presence
I'm healed and unashamed

You carried me, my God
You carried me 

Light shining out of darkness
(William Cowper)

God moves in a mysterious way,

His wonders to perform;

He plants his footsteps in the sea,

And rides upon the storm.

Deep in unfathomable mines

Of never-failing skill,

He treasures up his bright designs,

And works his sov'reign will.

Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take,

The clouds ye so much dread

Are big with mercy, and shall break

In blessings on your head.

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,

But trust him for his grace;

Behind a frowning providence

He hides a smiling face.

His purposes will ripen fast,

Unfolding ev'ry hour;

The bud may have a bitter taste,

But sweet will be the flow'r.

Blind unbelief is sure to err,

And scan his work in vain;

God is his own interpreter,

And he will make it plain.

Gone too soon

Costly grace

True grace comes to us by costly sacrifice. Costly grace changes us from the inside out. Neither law nor cheap grace can do that.
- Timothy J.Keller

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Agape love

Love that seeks no recompense. It is an affront to materialism and naturalism. And it is the sweetest joy that one can experience, according to C.S.Lewis.

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Recovery

What I did during my brief respite

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Communion

What I see during Communion

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